. American engineer . |.. Jf:—-3 H Fig. 1—Top End Post Casting for Use when End Posts are Refrom the Inside. cussed and debated; sometimes optimistically, and sometimes, Iam sorry to say, pessimistically. Not that its increased size orcapacity are questioned, but all too frequently the designer hasrevelled in the great strength of his design and has forgottenthe little kinks, ideas and possibilities of making the new typeaccessible to and economical of repair. It has often seemed thatif the designer could listen to these switch shanty talks ofcar men and inspectors, many good ideas could be
. American engineer . |.. Jf:—-3 H Fig. 1—Top End Post Casting for Use when End Posts are Refrom the Inside. cussed and debated; sometimes optimistically, and sometimes, Iam sorry to say, pessimistically. Not that its increased size orcapacity are questioned, but all too frequently the designer hasrevelled in the great strength of his design and has forgottenthe little kinks, ideas and possibilities of making the new typeaccessible to and economical of repair. It has often seemed thatif the designer could listen to these switch shanty talks ofcar men and inspectors, many good ideas could be introduced intothe design of the thousands of new cars being built every month. There is the one big question of end braces and posts—woodenones that are broken, and iron ones that are bent. What shouldbe done to make their renewal as economical as possible? Itshould not be necessary to tear out an entire end to renew oneof the posts, or to tear off part of the roof to release a tie rodthat is run through the p
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